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...Christian religion. As colonialism prospered so did the trading companies and religion. But the prosperity of colonialism meant the death of the tribe, of a people, of traditions and customs. The colonial march never slowed its pace, and the two world wars that were fought provided only a slight pause...
Dalton has outspent Howell 4 to 1. running up a campaign bill of some $1.2 million. Says Howell, a slight underdog in the latest polls: "We're up against money. It's their only strength, but it still talks." So does Elizabeth Taylor, who has been stumping for Dalton in a dress rehearsal for Sixth Husband John Warner's expected Senate run next year...
Such impositions may seem slight to outsiders, but each small commandment inflicts its own small cut-slowly removing the world from the man, slowly reducing the areas in which he is free to make even small decisions. Woods is already treated as though he suffers some undiagnosed illness. Friends become nervous about how to approach him or what to say. People ask how he is, with the concern they would show for a patient who is in the hospital. "Donald" is discussed in the third person, sometimes even in the past tense. A friend's affectionate newspaper piece about...
Administrators also predicted that the University ended up with a very slight surplus in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Thomas O'Brien, financial vice president, this week said he believes the University ran about $800,000 in the black...
...year later, Barre's approach has produced only the most modest successes. The annual rate of inflation in August dropped to 6.2%, the lowest since January, and unemployment figures for September, released last week, showed a slight decline. The nation's trade deficit will probably be reduced this year to around $3 billion, from $4 billion in 1976, and the franc has stabilized at about 4.86 to the dollar. On the other hand, output of goods and services is likely to grow only 3%, v. an original forecast from Barre...